
08/07/2025
📝 Want to get your pitch opened—and actually read?
We asked , a freelance writer and former editor at Nylon and Interview, for her no-fluff pitching advice—and she delivered.
🎯 Top Tips:
✔️ Do your research—know the editor’s beat + past stories
✔️ Personalize your email (a little goes a long way!)
✔️ Write a subject line that’s catchy without being clickbait
🚫 Mistakes to avoid?
✖️ Misspelling their name (yes, it still happens 😬)
✖️ Pitching irrelevant topics
✖️ Asking to be added to stories after they’re published 👎
At Press Hook, we help brands pitch better—by learning from the journalists they’re trying to reach.
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